3D	Three-dimensional
Ag+	Silver ions
AgNDs	Silver nanodiscs
AgNPs	Silver nanoparticles
AgNS	Silver nanospheres
AgNtr	Silver nanotriangular plates
AIP-I	Autoinducing peptide-I
AMPs	Antimicrobial peptides
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
Au+	Gold ions
Au-Ag-NPs	Bimetallic hybrid gold–silver nanoparticles
AuNFs	Gold nanoflowers
AuNPs	Gold nanoparticles
AuNRs	Gold nanorods
AuNS	Gold nanospheres
AuNSts	Gold nanostars
BAP	Biofilm-associated protein
bPEI	Branched polyethylenimine
bPEI-AgNPs	Branched polyethylenimine coated silver nanoparticles
bPEI-AuNPs	Branched polyethylenimine coated gold nanoparticles
BslA	Biofilm surface layer protein A
Chitosan-AgNPs	Chitosan-coated silver nanoparticles
copA	Copper transporter gene
cpsB	Capsular polysaccharide regulon gene
CTAB	Cetyl trimethylammonium bromide
CTAB-AuNPs	Cetyl trimethylammonium bromide coated gold nanoparticles
Cyclic-di-GMP	Bis-(3′,5′)-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate
DLS	Dynamic light scattering
DLVO theory	Derjaguin–Landau–Verwey–Overbeek theory
DSPE	1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylethanolamine
DSPE-AuNPs	1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylethanolamine coated gold nanoparticles
EbpA	Enterococcus faecalis pilus tip
eDNA	Extracellular deoxyribonucleic acid
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EPS	Extracellular polymeric substances
FapC	Amyloid-like fimbriae protein from Pseudomonas species
FnBPs	Fibronectin binding proteins
HSP-18	Heat shock protein-18
LasI	Acyl-homoserine-lactone (AHL) synthase
LasR	Transcriptional activator protein required for activation of elastase structural gene (LasB)
LPS	Lipopolysaccharides
LpxC	UDP-3-O-(R-3-hydroxymyristoyl)-N-acetylglucosamine deacetylase (encoded by lpxC gene)
MexAb-OprM	Outer membrane efflux protein from P. aeruginosa
MreB	Cell shape determining protein of E. coli
MvfR	Multiple virulence factor regulator protein from P. aeruginosa
NIR	Near infrared
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
NRs	Nanorods
PAA	Poly(acrylic acid)
PAA-AuNPs	Poly(acrylic acid)-coated gold nanoparticles
PAH-AuNPs	Poly(allylamine hydrochloride)-coated gold nanoparticles
PEG	Poly(ethyleneglycol)
PEG-AuNPs	Poly(ethyleneglycol)-coated gold nanoparticles
PEG-PSB-PALA-AgNAs	Poly(ethyleneglycol)-poly(aminopropyl imidazole aspartate)-polyalanine-coated silver nanoassemblies
POPS-AgNPs	1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-L-serine-coated silver nanoparticles
PS-AuNPs	Polystyrene-coated gold nanoparticles
PT	Phosphorothioation
PUFAs	Polyunsaturated fatty acids
PVP	Polyvinylpyrrolidone
QS	Quorum sensing
QscR	Quorum sensing control repressor protein
RhlR	Regulatory protein required for transcriptional activation of gene associated with rhamnosyltransferase
RIP	RNA-III inhibiting peptide
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
silCFBA	Active efflux transporter complex of proteins (ATPase and silver binding protein SilE) responsible for efflux of silver ions
silE	Silver binding/sequestering protein
TEGOH	Tetraethylene glycol
TTMA	Thioalkyl tetra(ethylene glycol)ated trimethylammonium
Vfr	cAMP-activated global transcriptional regulator which controls virulence factor gene expression